OUR LABS AND EQUIPMENT

Two large laboratory rooms: Spectroscopy and Materials labs.
Main equipment is,

  • Tunable OPO Laser System (220 nm- 2000 nm).
  • Millennia Nd:YVO Laser (532 nm) CW.
  • Ti: Sapphire Laser (650 nm – 980 nm) CW, Power 1W
  • Nd:YAG Laser (1064 nm, 532 nm & 355 nm) Pulsed (10 ns), Energy 1.5 J (1064 nm), 700 mJ (532 nm), 450 mJ (355 nm).
  • Nitrogen laser (337 nm) Pulsed (0-30 Hz, 4 ns), Energy 300 μJ.
  • Xenon Arc Lamp CW, 150 W.
  • Semiconductor laser at 375 nm, 9 mW energy.
  • Optical tables
  • Spectrophotometer UV-VIS-NIR.
  • Spectrometer (500 mm focal distance, UV-VIS-NIR).
  • Oscilloscope (500 MHz Bandwidth, 2 Channels).
  • PMT Detectors (UV-VIS-NIR).
  • Photodiodes. Viewer UV, VIS, IR.
  • ICCD, 280-950nm with 5 ns.
  • Lock-in Amplifier.
  • Rotary Evaporator.
  • Photon Counter.
  • Potenciostat - Galvanostat.
  • Thin-Film Measurement System.
  • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscope (STM).
  • Vacuum Deposition System + Glove Boxes.
  • O2 and N2 plasma system cleaner.
  • Solar simulator.
  • Micro-ondas para síntesis orgánica.
  • Digital optical microscope.
  • Doctor blade system.
  • Slot die system.

To measure the electric, optical and morphological properties of samples, additional facilities and techniques can be used such as J-V curves, IPCE (EQE), IQE, LIBS, AFM / STM, impedance, cyclic voltammetry, high resolution optical microscopy, calculation of series resistors and in parallel (single diode model), 4-point method, etc. Furthermore, general facilities at CIO, i.e., SEM, EDS-SEM, STEM, XRD, etc.; electronics workshop and opto-mechanical design, Raman, fluorimeter, etc. can be used.

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